Heck- AK Studies Regional Area

Ms. Heck's Assignment

The information below was taken from "Alaska Studies• STUDENT MATERIALS, Unit 1: Introduction 4." (Revised Fall 2004)

Census and Demographic Information
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/02000.html for census information
http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml is another good site for census information
http://www.asdk12.org/demographics-gis/ethnicity/ The Anchorage School District page that provides information on Anchorage's school population, broken down by ethnicity.

Communitites and Economy
http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CF_COMDB.htm for information on the state's communitites
http://juneaualaska.com/between/ for articles on Land Claims and Alaska's Regional Corporations
http://www.subsistence.adfg.state.ak.us/ website of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's Subsistence Division
http://www.apfc.org/home/Content/home/index.cfm website of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation

History and Cultures
http://www.alaskool.org/ website that focuseson the history, cultures, and contemporary issues of Alkasa from an Alaska Native perspective...
http://litsite.org/ website devoted to Alaska writers and written works about Alaskans...
http://ankn.uaf.edu/ "ankn" stands for "Alaska Native Knowledge Network"
http://library.state.ak.us/goldrush/ website contains primary sources and beautiful graphics about Alaska's Gold Rush
http://anchoragemuseum.org/ Anchorage Museum of Histroy and Art website
http://alaskanative.net/ the Alaska Native Heritage Center website
http://www.muni.org/FastFacts/Pages/History.aspx for information on Anchorage's history
http://www.alaska.edu/creatingalaska/ for information on the 1955 Alaska Constitutional Convention
http://akhistorycourse.org/ for online resources designed for students
http://nativefederation.org/ website of the Alaska Federation of Natives, an organization that represents all the Regional Corporations that were established under the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/ webiste of the Alaska Native Language Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus
http://vilda.alaska.edu historic photographs arranged by category (Alaska State Library)

Political Structure
http://www.elections.alaska.gov/er_rd_dd_pm.php information onAlaska's legislative districts
Alaska's Constitution online

Student-oriented Self-Help Pages
http://www.nationalhistoryday.org/ Information on creating a National History Day Project and on doing an annotated bibliography
http://www.asdk12.org/sped/studyskills/ Study Skills Links

Timelines
http://www.shgresources.com/ak/timeline/
http://www.alaskool.org/cgi-bin/java/interactive/timelineframe.html